Handled cup



H. SCHACHT vmmnmau cur Filed Dec; 11, 1959 June 23,1942.

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2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June 23, 19421- 'HANDLED CUP Henry Schacht,Kalamazoo, Mich., asslgnor to Sutherland Paper Company, Kalamazoo, Mich.

Application December 11, 1939, Serial No. 308 ,68 6

11 Claims. (01. 229-45). Y

. This invention relates to improvements in handled cups.

The main objects of my invention are: i Frst, to provide an improvedhandled cup of paper or fibrous construction throughout.

Second, to provide acup. of the type described wherein the handles arecollapsible concentr i-- cally of the wall of the cup in inoperativeposition to permit compact'nesting and may be erected to an outwardlyconverging relation in operative Position.

Third, to provide a cup of the type described having the handles securedthereto in a manner to maintain as much as possible a uniformity ofthickness of the cup wall throughout the periphery thereof wherebyeffective rolling of the same in an automatic cup making machine isfacilitated.

Fourth, to provide a handled cup of the type described wherein thethickness of the materials employed may be chosen so as to produce anarticle of improved strength and rigidity.

Fifth, to provide a cup having a handle member and a supplementalreinforcing strip associated therewith and attached thereto in a mannerto improve and strengthen the cup in all respects. 1

Sixth, to provide a cup which may be formed of light stock and which isat the same time strong and quite rigid.

Further objects relating to details and economies of my invention willdefinitely appear from the description to follow. The invention is de-'fined in the claims v A structure embodying the features of my inventionis illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein: Fig. 1 is aperspective view illustrating the cup of my invention in accordance witha preferred embodiment thereof. a

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view in section on a linecorresponding to line 22 of Fig. 1 and showing the relation of thehandle of the cup to other parts thereof, the operative position of thehandle elements being illustrated in dotted lines.

Fig. 3 is a top perspective view further illustrating the cup with thehandle members erected to operative position. I

Fig. 4 is a view illustrating the handle carrying blank which, serves asa body or wall member for the tubular cup of my invention.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view illustrating the supplementalskivedreinforcing strip employed in forming the cup.

Fig, 6 is-a view illustrating details of the constructioncof acup inaccordance with a somewhat modifled embodiment of my invention, the viewbeing in horizontal section on line 6--6 of Fig. 7.

Fig. 7 is a front elevation of the cup illustrated in Fig. 6.

Figs. 8 and 9 are enlarged fragmentary views in section generallysimilar to that of Fig. 2, illustrating other modified embodiments of myinvention.

The present invention relates to a fibrous or paper cup having handleswhich are capable of being erected from inoperative nesting positionconcentric of the outline of the cup to operative gripping position inan outwardly converging relation thereto. Diiilculty in manufacturingcups of this type on automatic cup making machinery has heretoforeexisted .due to the fact that the combined thickness of the handle andcup wall at a portion of the periphery of the latter differed from thethickness of the cupwall and detracted from the effective rollingthereof at certain stages in the operation of the cup making machine. Itis therefore a purpose of my'invention to provide a fibrous cup of thetype described having an improved handle associated therewith in whichthe aforesaid difficulty caused by inequality or non-uniformity ofthickness of the material is reduced as far as possible. It is a furthergeneral object to produce such a cup which is of improved strength so asto resist 1 bursting and wherein the handles are strongly attached andprovide a firm stable support 'for the cup and its contents when graspedin using the cup,

Referring to the drawingathe reference numeral l indicates the cup of myinvention in accordance with the preferred embodiment thereof, which cuphas the body or wall thereof formed from the blank 2 illustrated in Fig.4. This blank consists of an arcuate length (in the case less than thelength of the periphery of the cup,

so that when formed to circular outline the ends 4 of the blank arespaced a substantial amount. To complete the circular tubular body, Iutilize a separate supplemental bridging 5 of stock which is preferablysomewhat thicker than the 1 stock of the blank 2. This strip has thesides thereof skived at 6, which skived portions are ad- I in the mannerillustrated in Fig. 2. It should be understood that at this time thehandles 3 are collapsed around and in contact with the periphery of thetubular wall, see Fig. 2, and when used are brought together to theoutwardly converging position illustrated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. Inthe collapsed position of the handles,

the cups may be very compactly nested,

As illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3, the upper end of the strip 5 is rolledwith the bead I of the cup in forming the latter while the lower end ofthe strip is interiorly engaged, along with the wall of the cup, by thebottom 8 of the lat ter, being rolled or bent inwardly of the bottom inwell known manner during the forming steps.

By the foregoing procedure, it will be ,apparent that I have eliminatedthe usual double thickness overlap of the ends of the blank informingthe cup, substituting therefor theintermediate or supplementalsecuring-strip 5 which is actually of a thicker grade of stock than thewall blank 2, but whose skived ends 6 secure the latter in tubular formwhile maintaining the overall thickness of the wall at the point ofsecurement less than the thickness which would result were the ends ofthe blank 2 overlapped.

It follows that the wall of the cup as a whole is rigidifled while theoperation of rolling the wall bular outline, thereby furnishing a stillgreater area of adhesive connection of the blank ends with the strip 5and improving the appearance somewhat, and also permitting continuousprinting around the cup of either ornamental designs or advertisinglegends. In other respects, the article is similar to that illustratedin Figs. 1

In Fig. 8, I illustrate a still further modified embodiment of myinvention, wherein the intermediate or supplemental bridging strip,which is in this case indicated by the reference numeral I0, is ofapproximately the same gauge stock as the blank 2 forming the body ofthe cup, though of course its thickness may be greater if desired. Inthis case, the ends ll of the body blank are offset outwardly bysuitably bending the stock to receive the unskived ends I! of the strip.In other respects, the relation of the strip iii to the blank J and themethod of securement thereof are similar to the constructions" alreadydiscussed.

In Fig. 9, I illustrate a still further modified embodiment of myinvention, wherein one of the handle elements, in this case designated I3, is integrally formed on the end of the body blank ll while theopposite end I! of the blank is left plain. Thesecond handle element I6is formed on one side of the intermediate or supplemental bridging stripII. overlapped with and adhesively secured to the spaced ends of theblank ll to provide a stepped or fanned construction which has theeiiect of eliminating excessive thickness at any one point, or renderingthe radial thickness of the blank This strip is interleaved or hesivelysecured along the ends 4 of the blank more uniform and therebyfacilitating rolling of the article in the automatic machine asdescribed above.

I have illustrated and described my improvements in embodiments whichare very practical. I have not attempted to illustrate or describe otherembodiments or adaptations as it is believed this disclosure will enablethose skilled inthe art to embody or adapt my improvements as may bedesired.

Having thus described my invention, what I.

,said ends, said strip being of a substantially heavier grade of stockthan said blank and having the sides thereof skived and adhesivelysecured to said spaced ends whereby to complete the circular outline ofthe cup, said skived portions minimizing the thickness of the wall ofthe cup at the points of securement thereof to the blank, said handlemembers being capable of being erected from said concentric position toan outwardly converging relation to one another to thereby provide astable handle for the cup.

2. A handled cup offibrous material throughout, comprising a body memberformed from a blank disposed in tubular form with the ends of the blankspaced substantially from one another, said blank having handle membersformed integrally on said ends and normally disposed in concentricrelation to the body member, and a supplemental strip bridging the spacebetween said ends, said strip having the sides thereof adhesivelysecured to said spaced ends whereby to complete the circular outline ofthe cup, said handle members being capable of being erected from saidconcentric position to an outwardly converging relation to one anotherto thereby provide a stable handle for the cup.

3. A handled cup of fibrous material throughout, comprising a bodymember of tubular form including a body sheet having ends spacedsubstantially from one another, said sheet having handle members on saidends normally disposed in concentric relation to the body member, and asupplemental strip bridging the space between said ends, said striphaving the sides thereof adhesively secured to said sheet adjacent saidspaced ends whereby to complete the circular outline of the cup, saidhandle members being capable of being erected from said concentricposition to an outwardly projecting position for stock than said blankand having portions thereof skived and secured to said ends whereby tocomplete the circular outline of the cup, said skived portionsminimizing the thickness of the wall of the cup at the points ofsecurement thereof to the blank, said handle members being capable ofbeing disposed in an outwardly converging relation to one another tothereby provide a stable handle for the cup.

5. A handled cup of fibrous material throughdle'members formedintegrally. on said ends, and

a supplemental strip bridging said ends, said strip having portionthereof skived and secured to said ends whereby to complete the circularoutline of the cup, said skived portions minimizing the thickness of thewall of the cup at the points of securement thereof to the blank, saidhandle members being capable of being disposed in an outwardlyconverging relation to one another to thereby provide a stable handlefor the cup.

6. A handled cup of fibrous material throughout, comprising a bodymember formed from a blank disposed in tubular form with the ends of theblank adjacent but-substantially spaced from one another, said blankhaving handle members formed integrally on said ends, and a supplementalstrip bridging said ends,,said strip being of a substantially heaviergrade of stock than said blank and being secured to said ends whereby tobrace and secure the same together, said handle members being capable ofbeing disposed in an outwardly converging relation to one another tothereby provide a stable handle for the cup, said body member and stripbeing rolled at the top thereof to form a bead for the cup.

-7. A handled cup of fibrous material throughout, comprising a bodymember formed from a blank disposed in tubular form with the ends of theblank adjacent but substantially spaced from one another, said blankhaving handle members formed integrally on said ends, and a supplementalstrip bridging said ends, said strip being secured to said ends wherebyto brace and secure the same together, said handle members being capableto being disposed in an outwardly converging relation to one another tothereby provide a stable handle for the cup, said body memher and stripbeing rolled at the top thereof to form a bead for the cup.

8. A handled cup of fibrous material throughout, comprising a bodymember formed from a blank disposed in tubular form with the ends of theblank adjacent but substantially spaced from one another, said blankhaving handle members formed integrally on said ends, and a supplementalstrip bridging said ends, said strip being secured to said ends wherebyto brace and secure the same together, said handle members being capableof being disposed in an outwardly converging relation to one another tothereby provide a stable handle for the cup.

9. A handled cup of fibrous construction, comprising a body memberformed of a blank having an integral handle element on one end thereof,the opposite end of the blank when formed to tubular outline beingspaced substantially from but unsecured to the first named end, and asupplemental bridging strip disposed between and adhesively secured tosaid ends, said bridging strip having a handleelement integrally formedthereon at a point spaced circumferentially of said body member from.the connection of said first named element to the blank said handleelements in inoperative position being disposed concentrically of saidbody on the exterior side thereof and being swingable to outwardlyconverging relation to provide a stable'handle for the cup.

10. A handled cup of fibrous construction, comprising a body memberformed of a blank having a handle element on one end thereof, theopposite end of the blank when formed to tubular outline being spacedsubstantially from the first named end, and a supplemental bridgingstrip having a handle element spaced circumferentially of said bodymember from said first named handle element, said handle elements inoperative positionbeing disposed in outwardly converging relation toprovide a stable handle for the cup.

11. A handled cup of fibrous material comprising a body'member ofgenerally tubular form ing free extremities separate from one anotherand being capable of erection from said concentric position to anoutwardly projecting position for use. I

HENRY SCHACHI.

